PETSTANDRIA DIGYKIA 167 



reundisb ovoid, about one eighth of an inch in diameter. Seeds: rather Urge, round- 

 ish concaTC on one side, light brown, roughish-tubcrculate, under a lens. 



gab. Moist lovr grounds: along mulcts: frequent. Fl. Aug. Ft. Octo. 



Qbs. This singular parasite seizes upon any herbaceous plant which may be 

 within its reach;— -but it is most usually found in localities where the Inpatient 

 P.ycopus, Bahmeria, and Mentha rirtV/f's, occur. Its filiform naked stems h:*\c 

 gome resemblance to brass, or copper wire, and twine constantly against the arv 

 ■a re nt course of the sun,— or West South East. 



o # C. irnorml X. Flowers sessile, in dense capitate clusters, 4 or 

 |-cloft; stamens 4 or 5 ; styles divaricate ; stigmas acute. JUectc, hot. 

 p. 250. 



Buboi'eax Cuscuta. Vulgc — Flax-vine. Dodder. Devil's gute. 



gallici — Fil de terre. Germanice — Die Flachsseide. 



Annual. Stern 2 to 3 or 4 feet long, filiform, smooth, leafless, twining, reddish 

 trance color. Flowers in small dense heads. Calyx-segments 4 or 6, orate, rath- 

 er acute. Corolla yellowish while, or pale orange color, subglobosc-urceolate, 4 or 

 deleft; lobes ovate, acute, somewhat spreading. Scales adnatc to the corolla 1 e- 

 tow the stamens, short, truncate, crenate-laciniate, (with( ut scales at the base cf 

 the stamens, Torr.). Styles diverging; stigmas acute. Cajaule depresstd-^to- 

 sose. Seeds reddish brown, distinctly scabrous, almost muricate, under a lens. 



Stub. Cultivated grounds : chiefly among Flax : not common. Fl. June. Fl. July. 



Obs. This foreigner has always passed, here, for C. europaa; but upon exami- 

 nation it seems to agree rather better with the description of C Epithymum. It is 

 rcrlainly often furnished with the scales below the stamens- It was formerly 

 frequent) and very injurious to Flax crops,— often entangling and sailing whole 

 Lots of it: hut since the culture of flax has declined, it is becoming rare. No other 

 species ar« known in the U. States. 



+ + Fruit a Follicle : often in pairs. 



128. APOCYNUM. L. Mitt. Gen. 238. 

 [Greek, Apo, far from, Kyon, a dog ; being supposed destructive of that animal.] 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla campanulatc, 5-cleft. Stamens included; 

 withers sagittate, connivent, cohering to the stigmas by the middle ; 

 filaments short, inserted on the corolla near its base, and alternating 

 with 5 ovate tooth-like glands. Ovaries 2 ; styles obsolete ; stigmas 

 connate, thickish, flatted, acute at apex. Follicles long, sub-linear. 

 Seeds linear, comosc. 



Herbaceous, or frutescent : lactescent; leaves opposite, entire; flowers subry- 

 mose, or paniculate, terminal, or axillary. Kat. Ord. 196. Lindl. Apocykejb. 



t\ A. AWDRosiEMiFOLiTJM, L. Leaves ovate ; cymes few-flowered ; 

 tube of the corolla longer than the calyx ; limb spreading. Beck, Hot. 

 p. 233. 



AxDH08iEMT7M-LP.AVKD ApOCTXUK. TlllgO DogVbanC. 



Root perennial. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, herbaceous, smooth, purple, erect, will* 

 spreading branches. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and an inch to an inch and half 

 wide, mostly orate, acute, mucronato, with the base obtuse or rounded, smooth 

 aeo?e, generally more or less pubescent beneath ; petioles about one fourth of a* 

 •c* lenj. Fle&ers cymose ; cymes mostly terminal, rather fow-flo\reretl : pedicels 



